Re: Return of the IJN ?


"Peter Skelton" <skeltonp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 20:41:37 +0100, "dott.piergiorgio"
> <dott.piergiorgioHIRYU@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 03:40:00 -0800, Jack Linthicum wrote:
> >
> >> Take the assignment of a nuclear aircraft carrier as a replacement for
> >> the Kitty Hawk, homeported in Yokosuka, and add this major reassignment
> >> of U.S. troops in Japan and I think you get the start of the Pacific
> >> NATO.
> >
> >I doubt that will be a new Pacific NATO in the sense of a multilateral
> >alliance, if I have understand the current US policy of relying more on
> >multiple bilateral alliances, than on a single multilateral alliance.
>
> That will crash as bi-lateral alliances not involving the US
> build up. The US is unlikely to run the risk of being left out.
>
> Peter Skelton


the U.S. and the Japanese are both wary of China, everybody thinks the
Chinese are on the verge of doing something crazed.


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